Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surf break

Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 01 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay sea temperature is
15.8° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay at 10PM is: 2.2m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)--
Afternoon (01 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (01 Mar)7ft (2.2m)10s

Table - waves today at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
S
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)121110101413131312121212121212121111111110121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)814117497315974667510546994051335929862739255223862027184615221179941846564450414602615
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
5
S
0
NE
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononglassoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:41AM
2.02
4:01PM
1.90
4:29AM
2.01
4:49PM
1.91
5:15AM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:21PM
0.08
9:55AM
0.14
10:12PM
0.07
10:44AM
0.13
11:02PM
0.08
11:31AM
0.14
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise------7:05-------7:07-------7:07-
Sunset-8:14-------8:12-------8:10------
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
34311111111-------------
Temp. °C991110101010101010101011111212131199991213
Feels °C (?)35521112233455668767871010
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